Aaron As early as last night after agreeing to the duel with Lyman, he had been thinking about a question in his mind, why did Barthilas target him like this?
Although the so-called Holy Judgement person who came to steal the artifact and then proposed to have a fight with Aaron was Lyman, but even a fool could see that the main messenger behind this must be Barthilas, but Aaron didn't understand why this guy went through such a long process to embarrass Aaron.
Since he couldn't figure it out, Aaron had no choice but to ask Xal'atath, who had more life experience than him. Although this sister had been in a dagger for tens of thousands of years, her experience and knowledge could not be faked. If she could not have a clear grasp of people's hearts, how could she beguile her successive holders to fall step by step?
Xal'atath just thought for a moment and told Aaron a conclusion that stunned him: Barthilas wanted him to die.
"We just met today, right? Where does such hatred come from?" Aaron asked in disbelief.
Xal'atath chuckled, "Isn't it strange that I wanted to kill you as soon as we met? Didn't I also want to kill you when I first met you?"
Aaron was choked by Xal'atath, thought for a moment and retorted, "That's different, our camps are opposite, Barthilas and I are not..."
"That's just what you think it's not." Xal'atath interrupted Aaron's retort and continued, "After you rejected old Mograine's invitation, Barthilas already wanted to kill you."
"At that time? Just because I didn't want to join Silver Hand?"
"No, although there are reasons for this, I think the more important reason is the hammer. As long as I kill you, Silver Hand can only stay here." Xal'atath looked at Aaron and said, "You should also be able to imagine how important that hammer is to this knighthood, right?"
Aaron nodded silently, indicating that he understood. According to his understanding, the significance of Silver Hand to Knights of the Silver Hand should be similar to the significance of sacred objects such as the shroud, Spear of Longinus, to a certain monotheistic religion.
"But you are going to kill me just because of this?" Aaron still couldn't believe it. He agreed to participate in this Holy Judgement, which seemed very absurd to him. On the one hand, it was out of confidence in his own strength, and on the other hand, he also wanted to teach Lyman a lesson.
However, according to Xal'atath's analysis, this matter may not be so easy to pass. If Barthilas wants to kill him, then there will almost certainly be an accident in tomorrow's duel.
"I think the method is nothing more than poisoning and shooting cold arrows. They can't bring out dozens of people to besiege me." Aaron said while thinking, "In this case..."
"You don't seem to be very worried?" Xal'atath saw that Aaron had not left the conscious space, so he guessed that he must have something else to say, and asked proactively without waiting for Aaron to mention it.
"That's it..." Aaron and Xal'atath explained their plans in full. Xal'atath looked at Aaron dumbfounded and said, "Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to get out of here?"
"So I still need your help to see if there are any loopholes in this plan." Aaron raised a smile on his lips and looked at Xal'atath very sincerely.
"You guy... forget it, I will help you just once." Xal'atath did not refuse Aaron's request, and worked with him to perfect this seemingly crazy plan.
However, the next day, Aaron still discovered that there was an accident in the plan. He did not expect that the duel could be replaced. However, for his plan, it did not matter who the opponent was, as long as the opponent had the intention to kill Blackhand.
The subsequent development of things almost completely followed the script woven by Aaron and Xal'atath. Aaron pretended that he was in a weak position but could not be easily reached. After accepting Tyr's combat experience, it was not difficult for Aaron to do this.
However, this just turned into a patient competition between the two parties. In order to increase the feasibility of the plan, Xal'atath was secretly exerting a mental influence on Barthilas. Although he did not dare to go too far because he was worried about being seen through by onlookers, it was enough to just continue to stimulate the irritability in Barthilas's heart.
After that, Barthilas's actions were not beyond the control of Aaron. Aaron just used a good opportunity to show that he had consumed too much and exposed his flaws. Barthilas was indeed fooled and couldn't wait to shoot the poisoned crossbow arrow at Aaron.
Aaron just let the shadow of Xal'atath stay in place and pretend that it was his appearance, which easily made Barthilas mistakenly think that he had succeeded, and he made a move to expose the conspiracy because of his emotional excitement.
But it doesn't matter even if Barthilas doesn't expose himself. When Aaron shows the hand crossbow in Barthilas's hand, the situation is already completely under Aaron's control.
After Barthilas was completely controlled by Aaron, he looked in disbelief at the place where Aaron had fallen, but only saw a shadow that turned into light spots and dispersed. How could he not know that he had completely failed?
"No, that's not me, that's not..." After being reminded by Aaron, and seeing the unimaginable situation in front of him, Barthilas finally woke up from the irritability that had been growing just now.
After realizing what he had just done and said, Barthilas hurriedly wanted to explain something, but in a hurry, he could not come up with any suitable explanation.
Besides, Aaron would not give him a chance to explain. He grabbed the long sword thrust out by Barthilas with his right hand and with a strong force, he snatched the sword from the dazed Barthilas's hand and then threw it aside.
"You said I'm not worthy of holding Silver Hand?" Holy Light shined on Aaron's right fist, and he punched Barthilas with a straight punch, sending him flying straight away.
Barthilas, who fell to the ground in embarrassment, struggled to get up from the ground. Just as he was about to say something, Aaron's second punch had already come over. At this time, Aaron's upper body was already wrapped in Holy Light, and his right arm, which was swung like thunder, became like light under the light of Holy Light.
"I don't want to tell you any big truths, but I'm just asking you, if I don't deserve it, do you deserve it?"
Aaron punched Barthilas in the chest again. This time Aaron did not knock Barthilas away, but knocked Barthilas on his back.
Seeing Barthilas collapse to the ground like a dead dog, Aaron did not let him go. He leaned forward slightly and made a posture of accumulating strength. At this time, Aaron The Holy Light on's body has become more and more shining, and his whole person is enveloped by Holy Light. Even the clothes on his body seem to be dyed with the golden color of Holy Light.
Aaron looked directly at Barthilas with shining golden eyes, and said, "You are plotting against me and planning to kill me with Blackhand. Are you worthy of Holy Light?!"
After the words fell, Aaron punched down like a tiger descending a mountain. The whole person was completely enveloped by Holy Light. A beam of light appeared out of thin air and spread into a giant pillar with a diameter of several meters in the sky. Aaron's attack also fell at this time.
Just hearing a loud bang, everyone on the training ground felt the ground shaking under their feet, and the ground centered on Aaron was covered with cracks. These cracks continued to spread, and surging Holy Light spurted out from the cracks.
With the appearance of the light beam, all Holy Light users present felt that the Holy Light in their bodies had a vague tendency to lose control, and began to spurt out involuntarily, as if in response to the light beam.
For a moment, Holy Light shone brightly around the training ground, and even the brilliance of the sun in the sky was suppressed by a few points.
However, the focus of everyone's attention is not here. Countless pairs of eyes outside the field are all paying serious attention to the situation in the center of the training ground. However, the light there is extremely dazzling, and the specific situation cannot be clearly seen for a while.